
© Getty Images The final of the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 sees host club Kashima Antlers take on European champions Real Madrid in the first-ever meeting between the two sides, an encounter in which the belief of the tournament’s surprise package will be tested by the slick finishing of a team unbeaten in eight months.
The match
Real Madrid-Kashima Antlers, International Stadium Yokohama, Sunday 18 December, 19.30 (local time)
Real Madrid reached the Club World Cup for the second time in three years thanks to a superb UEFA Champions League campaign, in which they won nine of their 13 games, drawing three and losing just once. Leaders in La Liga by a comfortable margin, the European champions go into the final buoyed by a 36-match unbeaten run that stretches back to April and by their superlative finishing. So far this season, they have racked up 72 goals.
Los Blancos will hope Sergio Ramos recovers from his muscle problems in time for their bid to win the trophy for a second time..
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